Father attacks daughter's killer in court

[davidn3600]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The father of a woman killed by a convicted sex offender dived across a courtroom table to attack him Thursday shortly after a judge sentenced the defendant to death for killing three people and wrapping their bodies in garbage bags.

Van Terry, the father of Shirellda Terry, had walked to the front of the courtroom to give a victim-impact statement and turned toward Michael Madison, who gave him a malicious smile. Terry lunged at Madison and was immediately swarmed by sheriff’s deputies as Madison and his attorneys scrambled to get out of the way.

Law enforcement officers dragged Terry out of the courtroom and ushered him out of the courthouse. A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County prosecutor said the situation was being reviewed.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell declined to clear the courtroom, and after about a 15-minute delay the hearing continued.

The judge accepted a jury’s recommendation that Madison, 38, receive the death penalty. She could have chosen to sentence Madison to life in prison without parole. She said the horrific nature of Madison’s crimes far outweighed evidence presented to spare him, including an abusive and chaotic childhood.

The jury convicted Madison last month of multiple counts of aggravated murder and kidnapping.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ohio-man-sentenced-killing-3-women-wrapped-bags-052516651.html

[JustAnotherGen]

1. don't be a smart ass to a victim's father

http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2016/05/east_cleveland_serial_killer_m.html
East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison convicted on 13 counts: 'He will never do this again'


Shirellda's funeral . . .

[Hoppy]

2. What a great video. Cops should have let him go.

[romanic]

3. If I were in his shoes, I would have done the same thing.

[ladyVet]

4. They should have let him finish it.

I had a "chaotic and abusive" childhood too, and I've never killed anybody. Sometimes that kind of stuff is used to excuse all sorts of horrid behavior.

[Act_of_Reparation]

7. As satisfying as vigilantism might seem...

... it isn't justice. No doubt the bailiffs were of a similar mind in thinking that being beaten to death at the hands of an aggrieved victim was an acceptable fate for a murderer of children, but still they did their jobs and protected a citizen from arbitrary punishment. I have to give them credit for that. I might have just stood there and let the father kill that fucker.

[d_r]

5. He flat out dove across that table

I respect the Leo's a lot for knowing they had to stop him and doing it, but yeah I too wish they hadn't. That father didn't have a single solitary eff left to give.

[smirkymonkey]

6. K&R

Good for him. The scum deserved that and worse.

[leftynyc]

8. My heart breaks for that father

I can thoroughly understand why he wanted to shred that vermin.

[eissa]

9. That poor father

I can't even imagine the pain he must deal with on a daily basis. Too bad he didn't get a good punch in, but hopefully he'll be around to witness this piece of shit's demise.

[FLPanhandle]

10. I would have used my teeth and hands to tear that SOB apart

People like this are why I still support the Death Penalty.

[bluestateguy]

11. I'd have done the same thing

and I will really hope that the county does not charge this father with any crime.

Michael Madison's life has no value. Nor should it.

[GOLGO 13]

12. Respect & sympathy to a father that will never dance at his daughter's wedding.

I wish him peace of mind eventually.